Books like Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating by Christina Lauren

PhD candidate Olive Smith pretends to be in love with fellow scientist Adam Carlsen, only to find that chemistry might be more than just a lab reaction.

Alex Claremont-Diaz, the United States’ First Son, confronts diplomatic drama when he falls for the Prince of Wales, Henry. Their staged truce turns into a real romance that could reshape politics and personal identities alike.

Eleanor & Park follows two sixteen‑year‑old high school misfits who, across a single school year, find an extraordinary first love that pushes them to confront their insecurities and the challenges of adolescence.

Executive assistants Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman battle over a promotion, turning office rivalry into a witty, high‑stakes game of love and humor within Bexley‑Gamin Publishing.

Amid writer's block and a looming deadline, a skeptical romance novelist and a disenchanted literary author trade their craft: she must write a happy ending, he a Great American Novel, as they race to finish before summer ends.

Poppy, a free‑spirited New Yorker, and Alex, a quiet book‑lover from their hometown, have shared summer vacations for a decade until a fateful trip tore them apart. Now, desperate to reclaim their friendship, she invites him for one last getaway.

Urban romance meets time‑travel intrigue when New York City waitress August meets a 1970s punk rocker lost in the subway, forcing her to use her past to rescue the impossible.

Chloe Brown, a chronically ill computer geek, embarks on a quest to "Get a Life" with seven daring directives that lead her to a tattooed, motorcycle‑loving handyman who becomes her unpredictable tutor of rebellion.

Stella Lane, a mathematician with Asperger’s, hires an escort to learn the art of love and discovers that emotion can be as logical as numbers.

Journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown to start working on her feminine wiles, but four older brothers and a crush on her first love make things complicated.

Emma Woodhouse returns to Highbury for a post‑university summer, living with her health‑conscious father while preparing her interior‑design business. She offers advice to the village’s new faces—Harriet Smith, Frank Churchill, and Jane Fairfax—witty and charmingly modern yet steeped in classic manners.

Meet Tasha and her three best friends as they navigate the complicated world of dating in London.

A dating experiment ignites a secret attraction in this steamy new rom-com from number one New York Times best-selling author Lauren Blakely! I’ve spent the better part of eight years resisting my best friend’s little sister. What’s one more week? The hardest week ever when it includes a proposition to be her dating coach. Eight years ago I fell into a secret summer fling with the bright, big-hearted Juliet before our lives went in different directions. Now, I’m the grumpy to her sunshine on a popular dating podcast we host, and when a wealthy fan gives us a charming coastal cottage as the biggest thank you ever, we head to the town where I grew up to give it a makeover. And find the house has only one bed. Located under a mirrored ceiling. To make matters even harder, the woman I’ve been pining for tells me she wants to try to find the one and would I please be her dating coach for the week? Like hell I’ll let her date other men. I’ll coach her on three dates with me. But the second I take her out, I don’t feel like her teacher. I feel like she’s mine, especially when the first night ends with us tangled up together in that bed. Each night we grow closer, but this dating experiment forces me to face my greatest fear – whether a man like me is worthy of her love. Even though I’m already head over heels for her.

The unpredictable teenage drama of a 15-year-old high school student struggling with new friendships and insecurities.

A single father plans a memorable Christmas for his son by Willow Lake, only to find the holiday gift he didn’t expect—a sharp‑witted woman who shares his love of the season.